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One visit to Agatha Christie changed everything.

Thank you to my guest, Jules Burt, for sharing his book-collecting experiences and knowledge with us. You can learn more about his collection on his YouTube channel, Jules Burt Collections and Unboxings at youtube.com/@JulesBurt.

My new book, A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria, is published in April. To find out more and register for the exclusive pre-order bonus material, visit my website carolinecrampton.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Ulysses by James Joyce

— Ariel by André Maurois

— Death on the Borough Council by Josephine Bell

— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

— Taken on Trust by Terry Waite

— Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers

— Allen Lane: King Penguin by J.E. Morpurgo

— Penguin Special: Life and Times of Allen Lane by Jeremy Lewis

— Mushroom Jungle: A History of Postwar Paperback Publishing by Stephen Holland

— The Penguin Story by W.E. Williams

— ‘A Paperback Guide to Progress: Penguin Books 1935– c .1951’ by Nicholas Joicey in Twentieth Century British History, 1993

Shedunnit Episodes Mentioned:

— The Nobodies

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A conversation about how Shedunnit is made.

Mentioned in this episode:

— Death and the Sisters by Heather Redmond

— Murder of a Lady by Anthony Wynne

— The Birthday Murder by Lange Lewis

— Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson

Authors Mentioned:

— Richard and Frances Lockridge

— Rudolph Fisher

Mentioned Shedunnit episodes:

— Miss Marple, Spinster Sleuth

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Time travelling, murder mystery style.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

— The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers

— A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh

— Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham

— Checkmate to Murder by ECR Lorac

— That Yew Tree's Shade by Cyril Hare

— Tenant for Death by Cyril Hare

— A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie

— From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell

— Cover Her Face by PD James

— The Face of Trespass by Ruth Rendell

— Malice Aforethought by Frances Iles

— Before the Fact by Frances Iles

— The Crozier Pharaohs by Gladys Mitchell

— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

— Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie

— Original Sin by PD James

— End of Chapter by Nicholas Blake

— Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

— The Secret Place by Tana French

Mentioned Shedunnit episodes:

— A Century of Whodunnits

— A Second Century of Whodunnits

— The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning, with guest Tana French

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Renée read her first detective novel in the 1930s. She hasn’t stopped since.

This archive episode of Shedunnit (my personal favourite of all the ones I've ever made) was first published on 2nd September 2020.

You can read Renée's obituary here. Her crime novels, The Wild Card and Blood Matters, are available from all good booksellers.

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Books and sources:

—These Two Hands by Renée

—Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Wednesday to come by Renée

—Setting the table by Renée

—An interview with Renée from 2017 on RNZ

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Not every mystery needs a murder.

There are minor details shared for all the novels and stories listed below, but no major plot revelations in this episode.

Mentioned in this episode:

— “The Flying Stars” by G.K. Chesterton, collected in The Innocence of Father Brown

— A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

— The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

— Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

— An English Murder by Cyril Hare

— Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon

— The Santa Claus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay

— Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer

— The Smiler with the Knife by Nicholas Blake

— Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh

— The Case of the Abominable Snowman by Nicholas Blake

— "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" by Agatha Christie, collected in a book of the same name

— "Stuffing" by Edgar Wallace, collected in Silent Nights, edited by Martin Edwards

— "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

— “The Mystery of Mrs Bardell’s Xmas Pudding” by Gwyn Evans

— “The Ghost’s Touch” by Fergus Hume, collected in The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries, edited by Otto Penzler

— A Maigret Christmas by Georges Simenon

— “The Reprisal” by Michael Innes

— Catt Out of the Bag by Clifford Witting

— "The Black Bag Left on a Doorstep” by Catharine Louisa Pirkis, collected in A Surprise for Christmas, edited by Martin Edwards

— “Sister Bessie or Your Old Leech” by Cyril Hare, collected in The Christmas Card Crime, edited by Martin Edwards

— A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton

— Deck The Halls by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark

— “Christmas Eve” by S.C. Roberts, collected in The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries, edited by Otto Penzler

— “The Necklace of Pearls” by Dorothy L. Sayers, collected in Silent Nights, edited by Martin Edwards

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A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

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Spoilers: there will be minor details shared for all the novels and stories listed below, and major spoilers towards the end for The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace. The latter will be flagged just before I get to it, so you can safely listen to the rest of the episode and just skip that part when I tell you.

Mentioned in this episode:

— A Master of Mysteries by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— An Honourable Miss by L.T. Meade

— A World of Girls by L.T. Meade

— Stories from the Diary of a Doctor by L.T. Meade and Clifford Halifax

— The Experiences of the Oracle of Maddox Street by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace

— The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace

— The Sorceress of the Strand by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace

— The Face in the Dark by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace

— Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror edited by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh and Henry Jellett

— "The Tea Leaf" by Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace

— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers and Robert Eustace

— Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers

Additional sources consulted:

— “The Mystery of Robert Eustace” by Joe Christopher, The Armchair Detective Quarterly volume 13, issue 4, Fall 1980

— Rivaling Conan Doyle: L. T. Meade’s Medical Mysteries, New Woman Criminals, and Literary Celebrity at the Victorian Fin de Siècle by Janis Dawson, English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920, Volume 58, Number 1, 2015

— Dorothy L Sayers, Nine Literary Studies by Trevor H. Hall

— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Eric Sandberg

— “Nature Is Lopsided”: Muscarine as Scientific and Literary Fascinosum in Dorothy L. Sayers’ The Documents in the Case by Bettina Wahrig in Poison and Poisoning in Science, Fiction and Cinema: Precarious Identities, 2017

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Edith Thompson

— The Dispenser

— Dorothy's Secret

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Private members’ clubs are surprisingly popular with corpses.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers

— Death at the Club by Miles Burton

— "The Angel in the House" by Coventry Patmore, collected in The Angel in the House

— Maurice by E. M. Forster

— Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton

— “The Case of the Old Man in the Window” by Margery Allingham, collected in Mr. Campion and Others

— Keep It Quiet by Richard Hull

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— The Mutual Admiration Society

— Back to School

— The Detection Club

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How Adelaide Bartlett got away with murder.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Anatomy of Murder by the Detection Club

— Sweet Adalaide by Julian Symons

Additional books consulted:

— The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett, both 1886 and 1927 editions

— Victorian Murderesses by Mary S. Hartman

— Molecules of Murder by John Emsley

— Crime and the Respectable Woman: Toward a Pattern of Middle-Class Female Criminality in Nineteenth-Century France and England by Mary S. Hartman

— Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion by Linda Stratmann

— The Secret Poisoner by Linda Stratmann

— Closing Argument to the Jury for the Defense in Criminal Cases by G. Arthur Martin

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Edith Thompson

— The Telephone Call

— The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning

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The supernatural and the rational come together in the murder mystery.

Thank you to my returning guest, Carla Valentine, for joining me. She is a trained mortuary technician and the technical curator at Barts Pathology Museum in London. She’s also the author of Murder Isn’t Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

— Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie

— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace

— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

— The Halloween Murders by John Newton Chance

— Wraiths and Changelings by Gladys Mitchell

— Calendar of Crime by Ellery Queen

— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

— The Plague Court Murders by John Dickson Carr

— The Red Widow Murders by John Dickson Carr

— Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer

— When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell

— Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie

— The Unicorn Murders by John Dickson Carr

— A Corpse at Camp Two by Glyn Carr

— He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr

— The Spirit Murder Mystery by Robin Forsythe

— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Knock Knock

— Murder Isn't Easy

— The Golden Age Autopsy

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Agatha Christie and P.G. Wodehouse had a lot in common.

Thank you to my guest, Eliza Easton, for joining me.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse

— Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— The Butler Did It 

— Death Under Par 

— Cricket and Crime

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Wouldn’t sleuthing be so much easier if the dead could speak to the living?

This episode was first released on 18th September 2019.

Be aware: there are no major (ending!) spoilers in this episode but there are plot descriptions given of the books listed below.

Books mentioned:

— Strong Poison  by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Peril at End House  by Agatha Christie

— Murder Most Unladylike  by Robin Stevens

— The Plague Court Murders  by John Dickson Carr

— When Last I Died  by Gladys Mitchell

— The Sittaford Mystery  by Agatha Christie

— Dumb Witness  by Agatha Christie

— “The Last Seance” in The Hound of Death  by Agatha Christie

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What's in the true detective fiction fan's library?

Be aware: there are no major (ending!) spoilers in this episode but there are plot descriptions given of the books listed below.

Books recommended:

— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley

— Murder in the Basement by Anthony Berkeley

— The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

— A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie

— Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

— Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The Hollow by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

— The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

— The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo

— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

— Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham

— Fear For Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers

Episodes mentioned:

— The Great Gladys

— The Psychology of Anthony Berkeley

— Young Sleuths

— Dining with Death

— Queering The Golden Age

— The Christie Completists

— The Honkaku Mysteries

— Lifelong Fan

— The Evolution of Margery Allingham

— The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers

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Murder does like to be beside the seaside.

Thanks very much to my guests. Dr Allan Brodie is a visiting fellow at Bournemouth University and the author of books including England's Seaside Heritage from the Air. Dr Kathryn Ferry is a historian of the British seaside and the author of books including The British Seaside Holiday, more information available at kathrynferry.co.uk.

Be aware: there is a brief, non-specific mention of suicide in this episode. There are no major spoilers and non-spoiler details given about the books listed below.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude

— The Sea Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts

— Mist on the Saltings by Henry Wade

— The Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— N or M? by Agatha Christie

— Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Seat of the Scornful by John Dickson Carr

— When Last I Died by Gladys Mitchell

— “Razor Edge” by Anthony Berkeley, collected in Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards

— The Case of the Haven Hotel by Christopher Bush

— A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey

— Mystery at Lynden Sands by JJ Connington

— And Being Dead by Margaret Erskine

— The Crime Coast by Elizabeth Gill

— The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Episode 1 of "Mysteries of Summer": Cricket and Crime

— Episode 2 of "Mysteries of Summer": Murder in a Heatwave

— Murder on Holiday

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When the temperature rises, don't lose your cool.

Thanks to my guest Cecily Gayford — you can find more information about Murder in a Heatwave and all the other anthologies she has edited via the website for Profile Books.

Be aware: there are spoilers in this episode for the the story "The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran" by Dorothy L. Sayers. There are non-spoiler details given about the other books listed below.

Mentioned in this episode:

— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

— A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black

— The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch

— Murder in a Heatwave, edited by Cecily Gayford

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Episode 1 of "Mysteries of Summer": Cricket and Crime

— Murder on Holiday

— Death Under Par

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Why are crime writers so bowled over by the game?

Thank you to my guests, Dr. Andrew Green and cricket statistician Andy Zaltzman. You can find more cricket-related content and news from Andy by listening to Test Match Special on BBC Radio 5, or via his podcast, The Bugle Ashes Urncast.

Be aware: there are spoilers in this episode for the plot of Murder Must Advertise and non-spoiler details given about the other books listed below.

Mentioned in this episode:

— "The Adventure of the Priory School" by Arthur Conan Doyle, featured in The Return of Sherlock Holmes

— "The Adventure of the Three Students" Arthur Conan Doyle, featured in The Return of Sherlock Holmes

— Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of the Ashes by Arunabha Sengupta

— Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Test by Stanley Shaw

— Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers

— Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers

— The Clues of the Caribbees by TS Stribling

— Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of the Riviera by Simon Brett

— Murder at School by James Hilton

— "The Guilty Vicarage" by WH Auden

— Alibi Innings by Barbara Worsley-Gough

— Murder Isn't Cricket by E and MA Radford

— The Amazing Test Match Crime by Adrian Arlington

— The Test Match Murder by Alfred Tack

— Death Before Wicket by Nancy Spain

— Death Before Wicket by Kerry Greenwood

— W.G. Grace’s Last Case by Willie Rushton

— Test Kill by Ted Baxter

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Murder on Holiday

— Death Under Par

— The Advertising Adventures of Dorothy L. Sayers

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How do we approach offensive language in texts from previous times?

Be aware that this episode includes discussion of prejudice, slurs and "of its time" attitudes and language.

Thank you to my guest, Subhadra Das. You can find more information about her work at her website subhadradas.com and her book (Un)Civilised: Ten Lies That Made the West is available for pre-order.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, introduction by Shafquat Towheed

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

Mentioned Shedunnit episodes:

— A Mysterious Glossary

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What happens when a couple of socialists decide to write mysteries?

Thanks to my guest, Curtis Evans. If you are interested in his book, The Spectrum of the English Murder, it is available through Blackwell's and other booksellers. 

Join Caroline and guest Teresa Peschel for a free live episode of Shedunnit on YouTube on 15th July at 7pm UK time. More details: shedunnitshow.com/liveepisode

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Spectrum of English Murder by by Curtis Evans

— The World of Labour by GDH Cole

— An Introduction to Trade Unionism by GDH Cole

— The Intelligent Man's Guide Through World Chaos by GDH Cole

— What Marx Really Meant by GDH Cole

— Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts

— The Brooklyn Murders by GDH Cole

— The Death of a Millionaire by GDH and Margaret Cole

— Snobbery With Violence by Colin Watson

— Big Business Murder by GDH and Margaret Cole

— The Brothers Sackville by GDH and Margaret Cole

— Disgrace To The College by GDH and Margaret Cole

— Double Blackmail by GDH and Margaret Cole

— Murder at the Munition Works by GDH and Margaret Cole

— Scandal at School by GDH and Margaret Cole

— Burglars In Buck by GDH and Margaret Cole

— Greek Tragedy by GDH and Margaret Cole

— Knife in the Dark by GDH and Margaret Cole

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— The Mysterious Dorothy Bowers

— Double Trouble

— Policing the Detectives

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A feminist take on the gossiping busybody of St Mary Mead.

Thanks to my guest, Leandra Griffith. As well as being Shedunnit's production assistant, she posts about mysteries on her Instagram @leandra_thetbrzero and her YouTube channel.

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Mentioned in the episode:

— Nemesis by Agatha Christie

— "The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Thirteen Problems

— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie's The Complete Secret Notebooks by John Curran

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Surplus Women

— The Christie Completists

— Queering The Golden Age

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The tragic tale of Alma Rattenbury. 

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Mentioned in the episode:

— The Anatomy of Murder by The Detection Club

— Stay of Execution by Eliot Crawshay-Williams

— The Fatal Passions of Alma Rattenbury by Sean O'Connor

— Cause Célèbre by Terence Rattigan

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Edith Thompson

— The Trials of Madeleine Smith

— Florence Maybrick I and Florence Maybrick II

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The parallel lives of a writer and her detective.

Thanks to my guest, Julia Jones. Her biography of Margery Allingham is available now through all good bookshops.

Mentioned in the episode:

— Margery Allingham: A Biography by Julia Jones

— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

— Blackkerchief Dick by Margery Allingham

— Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham

— Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham

— Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham

— The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

— The China Governess by Margery Allingham

— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham

— The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham

— The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham

— Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham

— The Oaken Heart by Margery Allingham

— The Relay by Margery Allingham

— Hide My Eyes by Margery Allingham

— The Mind Readers by Margery Allingham

— Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham

— Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham

— Fifty Years in the Fiction Factory by Julia Jones

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Margery Allingham Waits for the Invasion

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If you need a golden age detective fiction recommendation, we are at your service.

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Books mentioned in the episode:

— A Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh

— Common or Garden Crime by Sheila Pim

— Unholy Dying by RT Campbell

— The Death Cap by RT Campbell

— Black Orchids by Rex Stout

— Up the Garden Path by John Rhode

— False Scent by Ngaio Marsh

— A Rum Affair: A True Story of Botanical Fraud by Karl Sabbagh

— Dead Man's Quarry by Ianthe Jerrold

— The Murder of My Aunt by Richard Hull

— Death on Tiptoe by RC Ashby

— Noonday and Night by Gladys Mitchell

— The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

— Death of Mr Dodsley by John Ferguson

— Death of an Author by ECR Lorac

— The Mysterious Mr Badman by WF Harvey

— Murder in the Bookshop by Carolyn Wells

— Bodies in a Bookshop by RT Campbell

— Murder by the Book, edited by Martin Edwards

— Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores, edited by Otto Penzler

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— A Case of Books by Bruce Graeme

— The Widening Stain by W. Bolingbroke Johnson

— Mystery at Geneva by Rose Macaulay

— The Death of a Diplomat by Peter Oldfeld

— Murder at School by Glen Trevor

— "Manx Gold" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Harlequin Tea Set and While the Light Lasts

— These Names Make Clues by ECR Lorac

— The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen

— The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

— Enter A Murderer by Ngaio Marsh

— Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh

— Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh

— Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh

— Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh

— Death at the Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh

— The Bungalow Mystery by Anne Haynes

— Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham

— Quick Curtain by Alan Melville

— Black Express by Conyth Little

— The Norths Meet Murder by Frances and Richard Lockridge

— The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett

— Murder on Safari by Elspeth Huxley

— The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer

— Twice Round the Clock by Billie Houston

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Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.

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Mentioned in the episode:

— The Murder on the Links (1923) by Agatha Christie

— “The Murder on the Golf Links” (1907) by Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, featured in Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards

— A Lost Leader (1906) by E. Phillips Oppenheim

— Hints on the Game of Golf by Horace G Hutchinson

— The Book of Golf and Golfers by Horace G Hutchinson

— The Lost Golfer (1930) by Horace G Hutchinson

— Tish Plays the Game (1921) by Mary Roberts Rinehart

— The Viaduct Murder (1925) by Ronald Knox

— The Bunker at the 5th (1927) by Marcus Dods

— “The Red Golf Ball” by Gerald Verner, featured in Settling Scores: Sporting Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards

— Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1934) by Agatha Christie

— The Murder on the Sixth Hole (aka The Strange Death of Martin Green) by David Frome

— Tragedy at the Thirteenth Hole (1933) by Miles Burton

— Fer-de-Lance (1934) by Rex Stout

— Murder in the Mews (1937) by Agatha Christie

— “The Sweet Shot” (1939) by EC Bentley

— Trent’s Own Case (1936) by EC Bentley

— Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley

— Mr. Malcolm Presents (1932) by Gerard Fairlie

— The Case of the Green Felt Hat (1937) by Christopher Bush

— Unexpected Night (1940) by Elizabeth Daly

— The Body in the Bunker by Herbert Adams

— Death Off the Fairway by Herbert Adams

— Nineteenth Hole Mystery by Herbert Adams

— Death on the First Tee by Herbert Adams

— The Secret of Bogey House (1924) by Herbert Adams

— Unfinished Portrait (1934) by Mary Westmacott

— My Late Wives (1946) by Carter Dickson

— An Awkward Lie (1952) by Michael Innes

— Fair Prey (1956) by William Campbell Gault

— The Big Gamble (1958) by George Harmon Coxe

— Murder at the Open (1965) by Angus MacVicar

— Deadly Putter (1979) by Ted Dexter and Clifford Makins

— Death of a Low-Handicap Man (1974) by Brian Ball

— A Hole in One (2005) by Catherine Aird

— Administration Can Be Murder (2000) by Richard L. Baldwin

— Death from the Ladies' Tee (1992) by James Y Bartlett

— Murder in the Rough, collection edited by Otto Penzler

— Open Season (2005) by Jim Moriarty

— Par for the Corpse by Kathleen Kelly Sprissler

Other golf-related titles not mentioned:

— The Heart of a Goof (1926) by PG Wodehouse

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— The Death of the Country House

— Murder on Holiday

— The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot

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Step inside the mortuary.

Thanks to my guest, Carla Valentine, for joining me. Her book, Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie, has lots more on this subject, as does her previous appearance on Shedunnit, Murder Isn't Easy.

Mentioned in the episode:

— Murder Isn't Easy by Carla Valentine

— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

— Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

— "The Lernean Hydra" by Agatha Christie, featured in The Labours of Hercules

— Notable Trials books (Shedunnit episode on the subject linked below)

— One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie

Related Shedunnit episodes:

— Murder Isn't Easy

— Notable Trials

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Come with me on a tour of Greenway.

Special thanks to Clive and everyone at the National Trust for making me and my microphone welcome at Greenway, and to Sarah Thrift for arranging it. I'm also grateful to my friend Elizabeth Minkel, who spent the afternoon doing this even though she has only read one Christie novel in her whole life. She has her own podcast, Fansplaining, which I highly recommend.

Books mentioned in this episode:

— Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie

— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

— Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie

— Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh

Related Shedunnit episodes about Agatha Christie:

— Agatha Christie Writes Alone

— Agatha's Archaeologists

— The Dispenser

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What if you are found neither innocent nor guilty?

Books mentioned in this episode

— The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins

— The House in Queen Anne Square by William Darling Lyell

— Madeleine Smith: A Tragi-Comedy in Two Acts by Winifred Duke

— Trial of Madeleine Smith (Notable British Trials), appraisal by F. Tennyson Jesse

— Murder and Morality in Victorian Britain by Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair

— The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith by Douglas MacGowan

— Letty Lynton by Marie Belloc Lowndes

— Alas, for Her That Met Me! by Mary Ann Ashe (Christianna Brand)

Previous Shedunnit episodes mentioned

— Florence Maybrick I and Florence Maybrick II, originally published 15 May and 12 June 2019

— Edith Thompson, originally published 9 January 2019

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A most golden age murder.

Books mentioned in this episode

— Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence

— The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

— The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

— There Came Both Mist and Snow by Michael Innes

— Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

— Too Soon to Die by Henry Wade

— The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird

— Strange Bedfellows by Andrew Soutar

— Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

— Orlando by Virginia Woolf

— Coming Up for Air by George Orwell

— Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

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How do you say goodbye to a long-running character?

Many thanks to my guest, Elly Griffiths. Her latest book is The Last Remains. There are no spoilers in this episode for the contents of the book, beyond the fact that it is the last "for now", which Elly has already announced.

Books mentioned in this episode

— Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie

— The Clocks by Agatha Christie

— Curtain by Agatha Christie

— The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths

— The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

— The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

— The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths

— A Room Full Of Bones by Elly Griffiths

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths

— Marple: Twelve New Stories

Previous Shedunnit episodes mentioned

— Swan Song

— Agatha Christie Writes Alone

— Golden Age Inspiration with guest Elly Griffiths

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She wrote five successful murder mysteries and then vanished without a trace.

Mentioned in this episode: 

— Postscript to Poison by Dorothy Bowers

— Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers

— A Deed Without A Name by Dorothy Bowers

— Fear For Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers

— The Bells at Old Bailey by Dorothy Bowers

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She created Lord Peter Wimsey — and also some excellent slogans about mustard.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Mutual Admiration Society by Mo Moulton

— Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life And Soul by Barbara Reynolds

— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life by David Coomes

— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Eric Sandberg

— Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography by James Brabazon

— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

— "The Psychology of Advertising" by Dorothy L. Sayers in the Spectator

— Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Snow is a very powerful tool for a detective novelist. It can create a sinister atmosphere, keep suspects and murderer stormbound, and preserve the footprints of anyone who dares to escape. What could be more seasonal or festive than that?

This episode of Shedunnit first aired on 11th December 2019. Caroline is currently recovering from Covid; the next new episode will be in January 2023.

Mentioned in this episode:

—Murder on the Orient Express (1934) by Agatha Christie

—Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938) by Agatha Christie

—Mystery in White  (1937) by J. Jefferson Farjeon

—Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries  (2015) edited by Martin Edwards

—The Sittaford Mystery  (1931) by Agatha Christie

—The Nine Tailors  (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers

—“The Erymanthian Boar” in The Labours of Hercules  (1947) by Agatha Christie

—An English Murder  (1951) by Cyril Hare

—Death and the Dancing Footman  (1942) by Ngaio Marsh

—Three Blind Mice and Other Stories  (1950) by Agatha Christie

—Stairway to Murder (1959) by Osmington Mills

—There Came Both Mist and Snow  (1940) by Michael Innes

—The Sad Variety  (1964) by Nicholas Blake

—Blood Upon the Snow  (1944) by Hilda Lawrence

—The Slype (1927) by by Russell Thorndike

— Hangman’s Holiday  (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Groaning Spinney / Murder in the Snow  (1950) by Gladys Mitchell

—The Case of the Abominable Snowman (1941) by Nicholas Blake

—1222 (2011) by Anne Holt

—The Snowman (2007) by Jo Nesbo

—Whiteout (2011) by Ragnar Jonasson

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Invert everything you know about murder mysteries.

Mentioned in this episode:

— "The Case of Oscar Brodski” by R. Austin Freeman

— The Mystery of 31, New Inn by R. Austin Freeman

— The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin Freeman

— John Thorndyke's Cases by R. Austin Freeman

— "A Wastrel's Romance” by R. Austin Freeman

— “The Art of the Detective Story” by R. Austin Freeman

— The Adventures of Romney Pringle by Clifford Ashdown (aka R. Austin Freeman and John Pitcairn)

— Inspecting Psychology by David Cohen

— History of the Psychoanalytic Movement by Sigmund Freud

— The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The “Florence Maybrick I” and “Florence Maybrick II” episodes of Shedunnit

— The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley

— The Psychology of Anthony Berkeley episode of Shedunnit

— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles

— The Case of the April Fools by Christopher Bush

— The 12.30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts

— Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh

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Why do murder mysteries contain so many vicars?

Mentioned in this episode:

— Measuring religious affiliation in Great Britain by Clive D. Field

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James

— The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

— Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie

— “The Blue Cross” by G.K. Chesterton from The Innocence of Father Brown

— Literary Distractions by Ronald Knox

— The Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters

— Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser

— St Peter’s Finger by Gladys Mitchell

— Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert

— The Black Seraphim by Michael Gilbert

— Holy Disorders by Edmund Crispin

— “The Guilty Vicarage” by W.H. Auden

— Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Christianity and the Detective Story edited by Anya Morlan and Walter Raubicheck

— The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

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In which Caroline is the guest, not the host.

Caroline Crampton is the host of Shedunnit. You can find out what she does when she’s not hosting this podcast at carolinecrampton.com or on Instagram @cacrampton. Guy Cuthbertson is her husband. His website is guycuthbertson.com and he tweets @guywjc.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

— Howards’ Way (TV series)

— The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

— Miranda Sawyer’s review of the podcast in the Observer

— The Allusionist by Helen Zaltzman

— The ‘A Mysterious Glossary’ episode of Shedunnit, featuring Helen Zaltzman

— It Walks By Night by John Dickson Carr

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot

— Ulysses by James Joyce

— Cat Among The Pigeons by Agatha Christie

— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace

— Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie

— ‘The Challenge of Dorothy L. Sayers’ episode of Shedunnit

— Death at the President’s Lodging by Michael Innes

— “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allen Poe

— ‘The Long Shadow of Edgar Allen Poe’ episode of Shedunnit

— 'The First Whodunnit' episode of Shedunnit

— The Bath Mysteries by E. R. Punshon

— The 'Brides in the Bath’ episode of Shedunnit

— Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

— Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh

— Death in White Pyjamas by John Bude

— Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand

— Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

— Death Under Gibraltar by Bernard Newman

— Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

— Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh

— Death on Paper by John Bude

— Death at the Opera by Gladys Mitchell

— Death of a Train by Freeman Wills Crofts

— Death of a Cad by John Bude

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There’s a dark story connecting this 18th century abduction with a 20th century crime novel.

Thanks to my guest, Tana French. The new Penguin edition of The Franchise Affair, which includes her introduction, is available now. And Tana's own latest novel is The Searcher, now available in paperback.

This episode contains minor spoilers for The Franchise Affair.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

— Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

— Amelia by Henry Fielding

— The Canning Wonder by Arthur Machen

— Elizabeth is Missing by Lillian de la Torre

— The Canning Enigma by John Treherne

— The Appearance of Truth: The Story of Elizabeth Canning and 18th Century Narrative by Judith Moore

— Josephine Tey: A Life by Jennifer Morag Henderson

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What if everything we thought about murder mysteries was wrong?

Thanks to my guest, Benedict Morrison. Among his many publications, you can read him on Agatha Christie's theatrical work in the Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

— A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

— The “Queer Clues” episode of Shedunnit

— Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— Suddenly At His Residence aka The Crooked Wreath by Christianna Brand

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— Queering Agatha Christie by J.C. Bernthal

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Could you beat the detective to the solution?

This live episode of Shedunnit was recorded at the 2022 International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The Mystery of Norman's Court by John Chancellor

— The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie

— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

— Bleak House by Charles Dickens

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— The Clocks by Agatha Christie

— The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

— Memories and Adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle

— Murder in Rockwater by Margot Neville

— Murder of Olympia by Margot Neville

— Forever England by Alison Light

— “The Decline and Fall of the Detection Story” by W. Somerset Maugham collected in The Vagrant Mood

— “Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?” by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker (20 June 1945)

— “Manx Gold” by Agatha Christie collected in While The Light Lasts

— Not To Be Taken by Anthony Berkeley

— Death in the House by Anthony Berkeley

— "Mr Cork's Secret” by MacDonald Hastings collected in Crimson Snow

— The Crime of the Century by Kingsley Amis

— Cain's Jawbone by E. Powys Mathers, aka Torquemada

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How well do we really know the queen of crime?

Thanks to my guest, Lucy Worsley. Her book Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman is out now.

Books and sources mentioned:

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet P. Morgan

— Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson

— Agatha Christie: The Woman And Her Mysteries by Gillian Gill

— Forever England: Literature, Femininity and Conservatism between the Wars by Alison Light

— “In The Shadow Of Hercule — The War Service Of Archibald Christie” by Peter Wright in Cross & Cockade International, vol 41/3 (2010)

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— “The Lady Vanishes” episode of Shedunnit

— “The Dispenser” episode of Shedunnit

— “Mary Westmacott” episode of Shedunnit

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Should detective fiction be easy reading?

Thanks to my guest, Eric Sandberg. He is an assistant professor at City University of Hong Kong and the editor of Dorothy L. Sayers: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

— “The Case of Miss Dorothy Sayers” by Q. D. Leavis in Scrutiny (December 1937)

— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

— “Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?” by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker (20 June 1945)

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The “Happily Ever After” episode of Shedunnit

— The “Dorothy’s Secret” episode of Shedunnit

— The “Dorothy L. Sayers Solves Her Mystery” episode of Shedunnit

— The “Detection Club” episode of Shedunnit

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In 1922, Agatha Christie took a trip around the world.

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Referenced for this episode:

— Agatha Christie: The Grand Tour introduced by Mathew Prichard

— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks edited by John Curran

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

— The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley

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Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries, salespeople — we have lots to learn from the lower middle class characters of classic detective fiction.

Thanks to my guest, Dr Nicola Bishop. Her book, Lower-Middle-Class Nation: The White-Collar Worker in British Popular Culture is published by Bloomsbury Academic.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith

— The Suburbans by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland

— "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot

— The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— The Big Four by Agatha Christie

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A judge looks back over her time on the bench at a very famous court.

Thanks to my guest, Wendy Joseph. Her book about her time as an Old Bailey judge, Unlawful Killings, is out now.

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

— Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer

— The Crippen episode of Shedunnit

— The Brides in the Bath episode of Shedunnit

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What if thinking and talking about real life murders was not actually good for us?

Thanks to my guest, Emma Berquist. Find all the details about her books and articles at emmaberquist.com.

Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thedarksideoftruecrime

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Mentioned in this episode:

— The Brides in the Bath episode of Shedunnit

— The Murder at Road Hill House episode of Shedunnit

— The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

— “True Crime Is Rotting Our Brains” by Emma Berquist at Gawker

— “There’s Really No Easy Way to Say ‘I Was Stabbed’” by Emma Berquist at Human Parts

— Missing Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist

— The case of “the Servant Girl Annihilator”

— The rescue of Baby Jessica

— The Edith Thompson episode of Shedunnit

— The Gabby Petito case

— Paul Foot on the James Hanratty case

— Heavenly Creatures (1994) directed by Peter Jackson

— In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

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Expanding the horizons of golden age detective fiction.

Many thanks to my guest, Christopher Huang. You can find out more about his work at ricordius.com. His first mystery novel is A Gentleman's Murder. Read his article "How Do You Decolonise The Golden Age Mystery? Read More Historical Fiction!" at crimereads.com.

Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/lookingeast.

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Books mentioned:

— The Cadfael series by Ellis Peters

— X Esquire by Leslie Charteris

— The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie

— Meet the Tiger by Leslie Charteris

— Miss Moorthy Investigates by Ovidia Yu

— Ronald Knox's "Decalogue"

— "The Rules" episode of Shedunnit

— The Charlie Chan series by Earl Derr Biggers

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

— The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

— The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

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F. Tennyson Jesse created a way of telling crime stories that still influences us today.

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Books mentioned and sources consulted: Books mentioned:

— Murder and Its Motives by F. Tennyson Jesse

— "The Mask" by F. Tennyson Jesse

— The Sword of Deborah by F. Tennyson Jesse

— The Trial of Madeleine Smith by F. Tennyson Jesse

— The Trial of Rattenbury and Stoner by F. Tennyson Jesse

— A Pin To See The Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse

— Comments on Cain by F. Tennyson Jesse

— Crime Writing in Interwar Britain by Victoria Stewart

— A Portrait of Fryn by Joanna Colenbrander

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The grandfather of detective fiction still has a lot to teach us.

Many thanks to my guest, Jim Noy. You can find out more about his work at his blog, theinvisibleevent.com. His book The Red Death Murders is available only from Amazon worldwide (link for UK; link for US).

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Books mentioned:

— The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

— The Red Death Murders by Jim Noy

— The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

— "The Red-Headed League" by Arthur Conan Doyle collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

— Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

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A box of chocolates can conceal a poisonous secret.

Find out more at shedunnitshow.com/deathbychocolate.

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Books mentioned:

— The Case of the Chocolate Cream Killer by Kaye Jones

— The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders

— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley

— "The Chocolate Box" in Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

— At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie

— Framed For Hanging by Guy Cullingford

— Sweet Poison by Rupert Penny

— Deed Without A Name by Dorothy Bowers

— The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr (aka The Problem of the Green Capsule)

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Please join me for a long-awaited guided tour of the role that dogs play in detective fiction.

Books mentioned:

— My Lady's Money by Wilkie Collins

— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

— A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

— The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

— The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle

— The Mystery of the Black Dog by Ellery Queen

— "The Oracle of the Dog" by G.K. Chesterton

— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

— Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie

— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

— Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac

— The Dog It Was That Died by E.C.R. Lorac

— The Kennel Murder Case by SS Van Dine

— Murder Underground by Mavis Doriel Hay

— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

— The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner

— Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin

— Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin

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Let's spend some time with G.K. Chesterton, the first president of the Detection Club.

Sources:

— "The Hammer of God" by G.K. Chesterton from The Innocence of Father Brown

— "Errors About Detective Stories" by G.K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News

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Agatha Christie knew more than most about digging up corpses.

There are no major spoilers in this episode, but be aware that there are mentions of plot points from the books listed below.

Books and sources:

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Mallowan’s Memoirs by Max Mallowan

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

— Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

— They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie

— Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

— Cat of Many Tails by Ellery Queen

— Murder by Burial by Stanley Casson

— Agatha Christie and Archaeology edited by Charlotte Trümpler

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A good detective story has a recognisable rhythm and plot points. But how did these tropes come about? And what happens when you break the rules?

This episode of Shedunnit was first released in February 2019 and is repeated here in a rerecorded and remastered version.

Find more information about this episode and links to the books discussed at shedunnitshow.com/therules.

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Books and articles mentioned in order of appearance:

—The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne

—T. S. Eliot on detective fiction

—The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— S. S. van Dine’s “Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories”

—Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

—The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

—Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Ronald Knox’s Decalogue

—The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

—Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

—The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr

—The Eye in the Museum by J. J. Connington

—The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?” by Edmund Wilson

—Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

—The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham

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Reading my way through the last hundred years, from the 1920s to the 2020s, one mystery at a time.

My previous attempt at this reading project can be found in the episode A Century of Whodunnits.

Books mentioned:

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers

— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles

— Laurels are Poison by Gladys Mitchell

— The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

— The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons

— Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh

— A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine

— Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

— Death in Holy Orders by P. D. James

— Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

— The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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India has a long and deep tradition of storytelling and mythology. What happens when this heritage is combined with the tropes of golden age detective fiction?

Thanks to my guest R.V. Raman. His first whodunnit is A Will To Kill and you can find more information about upcoming books in his Harith Athreya series at rvraman.com.

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The golden age of detective fiction was obsessed with identity. The reason why? An extremely melodramatic Victorian legal case involving shipwreck, Shetland ponies and a tangled aristocratic inheritance.

Please be aware that there may be spoilers for the following books in this episode.

Books referenced:

— The Claimant by Michael Gilbert

— Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert

— Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert

— The Murder at Road Hill House episode with Robin Stevens

— The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

— Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

— Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie

— The Nine Wrong Answers by John Dickson Carr

— The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons

— Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey

— The Tichborne Romance by Franklin Lushington

— The Tichborne Claimant by Douglas Woodruff

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Do you know your ack emma from your pip emma? Would you wear the cat's pyjamas? Are you, in fact, a goop? Helen Zaltzman joins me to delve into some baffling language from golden age detective fiction.

Thanks to my guest for this episode, Helen Zaltzman. She is the host of The Allusionist, a marvellous podcast about language, which I strongly recommend that you support on Patreon now.

A bonus episode with 20 minutes of extra material will be published later this month just for Shedunnit Book Club members. If you'd like to hear it, join now at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.

There are no major plot spoilers in this episode.

Books referenced:

— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

— "The Tuesday Night Club" by Agatha Christie from The Tuesday Club Murders aka The Thirteen Problems

— The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

— Checkmate to Murder by ECR Lorac

— The Ha-Ha Case by JJ Connington

— The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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How much did Agatha Christie really know about dead bodies?

Thanks to my guest for this episode, Carla Valentine. She is a trained mortuary technician and the technical curator at Barts Pathology Museum in London. She's also the author of Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie.

There are no major plot spoilers in this episode, although there is some discussion of the death in Hercule Poirot's Christmas.

Books referenced:

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— The Tuesday Night Club aka The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

— Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie

— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

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Why did she stop writing detective fiction as WW2 approached?

This is the sixth and final episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War.

There are very minor spoilers in this episode for the eventual outcome of the Harriet Vane-Peter Wimsey plot line.

Books referenced:

— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers

— The Floating Admiral by Members of the Detection Club

— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers and Robert Eustace

— Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers

— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

— The Zeal of Thy House by Dorothy L Sayers

— Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds

— He That Should Come by Dorothy L Sayers

— Begin Here: A Wartime Essay by Dorothy L Sayers

— Whose Body? by Dorothy L Sayers

—Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh

— Striding Folly by Dorothy L Sayers

— "The Haunted Policeman" and "Talboys" in Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates by Dorothy L Sayers

— The Wimsey Papers by Dorothy L Sayers

— The Man Born to Be King by Dorothy L Sayers

— The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L Sayers

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers

— Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers

— Have His Carcase by Dorothy L Sayers

— A Presumption of Death by Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh

— Women's Fiction of the Second World War: Gender, Power, Resistance by Gill Plain

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Caught between two very different worlds, WW2 forced this queen of crime to become better acquainted with her homeland.

This is the fifth episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War.

Thanks to my guest, Gail Pittaway. You can find out more about her work here.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Books referenced:

— Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime by Joanne Drayton

— Ngaio Marsh by Margaret Lewis

— Ngaio Marsh: The Woman and Her Work by B. J. Rahn

— Black Beech and Honeydew by Ngaio Marsh

— Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh

— Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh

— Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh

— Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh

— Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh

— Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh

— Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh

— Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh

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Something happened to the Scottish writer during WW2 that made her want to write mysteries again.

This is the fourth episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War. Visit shedunnitshow.com/josephineteysgoldenage for more details.

Thanks to my guest, Jennifer Morag Henderson. You can find out more about her work at jennifermoraghenderson.com and pre-order the new edition of Josephine Tey: A Life at all good booksellers.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Books referenced:

— The Man in the Queue by Gordon Daviot aka Josephine Tey

— A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey

— The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

— The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

— Richard of Bordeaux by Gordon Daviot aka Josephine Tey

— Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey

— Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey

— To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey

— The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey

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For Albert Campion's creator, the war was her salvation.

This is the third episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Books referenced:

— Dancers in Mourning by Margery Allingham

— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham

— Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham

— Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham

— The Oaken Heart by Margery Allingham

— The Adventures of Margery Allingham by Julia Jones (aka Julia Thorogood)

— Ink in Her Blood: The Life and Crime Fiction of Margery Allingham by Richard Martin

— Mr Campion's Career by B. A. Pike

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Her WW2 mysteries are best of all.

This is the second episode of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War.

Thanks to my guest, Martin Edwards. He is a crime writer and the author of, among many other books, The Golden Age of Murder. Find out more about all his work at martinedwardsbooks.com or via his Twitter as @medwardsbooks.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Books referenced:

— The Murder on the Burrows by E.C.R. Lorac

— Crime Counter Crime by E.C.R. Lorac

— The Organ Speaks by E.C.R. Lorac

— These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac

— Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— Checkmate to Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

— Murder by Matchlight by E.C.R. Lorac

— Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

— Murder in St John's Wood by E.C.R. Lorac

— Murder in Chelsea by E.C.R. Lorac

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Agatha Christie had a very productive WW2.

This is the start of Queens of Crime at War, a six part series looking at what the best writers from the golden age of detective fiction did once that period came to an end with the start of the Second World War.

Thanks to my guests:

— J.C. Bernthal is an Agatha Christie scholar and the author of Queering Agatha Christie. His website is jcbernthal.com and he is on Twitter as @jcbernthal

— Martin Edwards is a crime writer and the author of, among many other books, The Golden Age of Murder. Find out more about all his work at martinedwardsbooks.com or via his Twitter as @medwardsbooks

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Books referenced:

— The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

— Agatha Christie Goes To War edited by Rebecca Mills and J.C. Bernthal

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— Murder Must Appetise by Harry Keating

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

— One, Two Buckle, My Shoe by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

— Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

— N or M? by Agatha Christie

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie

— Bletchley Park: The Codebreakers of Station X by Michael Smith

— The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

— Curtain by Agatha Christie

— Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

— The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie

— Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie

— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

— The Hollow  by Agatha Christie

— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

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Who would be the Hastings to your Poirot? What kind of mystery would you like to write? What would you do if you came across a corpse? In this special episode to celebrate Shedunnit's third anniversary, Caroline's husband Guy takes the mic and asks her all these questions and more.

Guy is on Twitter as @guywjc and you can find out more about his work at guycuthbertson.com. Caroline is @cacrampton on Instagram.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Books mentioned:

—The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

—Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

—The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

—The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

—The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis (first in the Falco series)

—A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

—The Wool-Pack by Cynthia Harnett

—The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey

—A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

—Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

—Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert

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What happens when two people write a whodunnit together?

Thanks to my guests, Cordelia Biddle and Steve Zettler. They write separately under their own names and together under the pseudonym Nero Blanc. The whole Crossword Mysteries series can be found at crosswordmysteries.com, where there are links to buy each title.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Find links to all the books mentioned in this episode at shedunnitshow.com/doubletrouble.

Books mentioned:

— Tidy Death by Nap Lombard

— The Life of G.D.H. Cole by Margaret Cole

— The Floating Admiral by the Detection Club

— Murder's a Swine by Nap Lombard

— Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen de Guerry Simpson

— Regiment of Women by Clemence Dane

— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh and Henry Jellett

— The Crossword Murder by Nero Blanc

— Death on the Diagonal by Nero Blanc

Further listening:

— The "Round Robin" episode about multi-author whodunnits

— The "Detection Club" episode about the group of golden age authors who participated in these projects

— The "Mutual Admiration Society" episode about the collaboration between Dorothy L. Sayers and Muriel St Clare Byrne

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Agatha Christie was the most successful female playwright of all time. She also wrote some detective novels you might have heard of.

Julius Green is the author of Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre, available in paperback now at all good booksellers. 

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Find links to all the books mentioned in this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thetheatricalworldofagathachristie.

Sources and further information:

— Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre by Julius Green

— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

— Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

— Spider's Web by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Black Coffee by Agatha Christie

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— The Stranger by Agatha Christie

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

— Look Back in Anger by John Osborne

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— Alibi by Michael Morton

— Verdict by Agatha Christie

— A Daughter's A Daughter by Agatha Christie

— The Mary Westmacott episode of Shedunnit

— Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott

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This summer, you can still travel to the murderous destinations visited by your favourite detectives.

While I take a holiday myself, please enjoy this classic episode of Shedunnit. First aired in July 2020, it's all about how and why golden age sleuths solve mysteries while away from home.

My new map and guide, Agatha Christie’s England, is available now in physical form at shedunnitshow.com/map or as an audiobook at shedunnitshow.com/audiomap.

Find links to all the books and sources mentioned in this episode at shedunnitshow.com/murderonholidayreplay.

Books and sources:

—Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh

—At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie

—“Triangle at Rhodes” in Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie

—“The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan” in Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

—Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

—Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh

—Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

—Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

—Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

—Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh

—Forever England: Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars by Alison Light

—The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey

—Calamity in Kent by John Rowland

—The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude

—The Mystery of the Blue Train  by Agatha Christie

—A Caribbean Mystery  by Agatha Christie

—Death in Clairvoyance  by Josephine Bell

—Tour de Force  by Christianna Brand

—When in Rome by Ngaio Marsh

—Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac

—Dead Men Don’t Ski by Patricia Moyes

—“The Erymanthian Boar” from The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie

—Peril at End House  by Agatha Christie

—Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

—“The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face” fromLord Peter Views The Body by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Evil Under the Sun  by Agatha Christie

—“The Blood Stained Pavement” and “The Companion” fromThe Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

—Resorting to Murder: Holiday Mysteries  edited by Martin Edwards

—Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays  edited by Cecily Gayford

—Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer  edited by Cecily Gayford

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Her plots are second to none. But is the Queen of Crime a true literary great?

Thanks to my guest, Sophie Hannah. Her latest Poirot continuation novel is The Killings at Kingfisher Hill and is available from all good booksellers. Find out more about all of her books at sophiehannah.com and follow her on Twitter as @sophiehannahCB1.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

My new map and guide, Agatha Christie's England, is available for pre order now in physical form at shedunnitshow.com/map or as an audiobook at shedunnitshow.com/audiomap.

Books mentioned and further information:

— "The Case of Agatha Christie" by John Lanchester from the London Review of Books, December 2018

— Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime edited by H.R.F. Keating with a new introduction by Sophie Hannah

— Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World by Mark Aldridge

— There are two episodes of Shedunnit featuring Mark Aldridge: The Many Afterlives of Hercule Poirot and Swan Song

— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

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This sensational case from 1860 ignited a wave of detective fever that we still haven't recovered from.

Thanks to my guest Robin Stevens — you can hear her on two previous episodes of the show, Back to School and Death Sets Sail on the Nile, and her new collection of short stories about schoolgirl detectives Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells is called Once Upon A Crime and comes out in August 2021.

We do discuss the outcome of the Road Hill House case, so if you want to read The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or any other account without knowing what happens at the end, do that before you listen to this.

My new map and guide, Agatha Christie's England, is available for pre order now in physical form at shedunnitshow.com/map or as an audiobook at shedunnitshow.com/audiomap.

Books mentioned and sources used:

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

— Bleak House by Charles Dickens

— The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers

— "Constance Kent" by John Rhode in The Anatomy of Murder

— "Miss Kent and Major Street: The Case of Constance Kent" by The Passing Tramp

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Where is St Mary Mead, anyway?

My guide to Agatha Christie's England is now available to pre-order from the publisher at shedunnitshow.com/map (ships 19th July 2021). It's also available to order from Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's and other booksellers. An audio version is available for purchase at shedunnitshow.com/audiomap (if you are entitled to a free copy from your pre-order, you will have received an email from the publisher about this).

There are no major spoilers either in this episode or the guide.

Books mentioned:

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

— Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

— N or M? by Agatha Christie

— Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

— Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

— Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

— The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

— They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie

— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Third Girl by Agatha Christie

— A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie

— 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

— The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

— Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

— By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie

— The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

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Young detectives, and young readers, play an important part in the history of detective fiction.

Many thanks to my guest, Maureen Johnson. Her newest YA mystery, The Box in the Woods, is out now. Find out more at her website www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com and follow her on Twitter @maureenjohnson.

There are no major plot spoilers in this episode, but we do talk about the general set up of Maureen's four Stevie Bell novels: Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, The Hand on the Wall and The Box in the Woods.

Books and sources mentioned:

— The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

— Harriet The Spy by Lousie Fitzhugh

— Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner

— The Secret Island by Enid Blyton

— Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton

— The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton

— The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton

— Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie

— Holiday River by Gladys Mitchell

— The Seven Stones Mystery by Gladys Mitchell

— The Malory Secret by Gladys Mitchell

— Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens

— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

— Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan

— Mystery in Children's Literature: From the Rational to the Supernatural edited by Adrienne Gavin and Christopher Routledge

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How do you write a 1920s style detective novel that's set in the 2020s?

Thanks to Elly Griffiths, aka Domenica De Rosa, for joining me today to talk about her love of golden age crime fiction and how she put that into her award winning novel The Postscript Murders. She also writes the Ruth Galloway series and the Brighton Mysteries series — find out more at her website ellygriffiths.co.uk and follower her on Twitter @ellygriffiths.

The Shedunnit Book Club is reading The Postscript Murders in June 2021 — if you'd like to join us you can become a member at shedunnitbookclub.com/join.

There are no major spoilers in this episode, but there is some reference to the plot outline of The Postscript Murders.

Books referenced:

— The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

— Cinderella Goes To The Morgue by Nancy Spain

— A Girl Called Justice by Elly Griffiths

— Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh

— The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

— By The Pricking Of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie

— The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey

— Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey

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Many thanks to my guest, Nicole Glover. More information about her work is available at nicole-glover.com, and her first book, The Conductors, is out now in the US and the UK.

The inspiration for this episode was Nicole's article "Who Are You Going To Call: Rethinking The Role Of Police In Mysteries".

There are no major spoilers in this episode, but there is some discussion of the works listed below.

Sources and further information:

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— "On Duty With Inspector Field" by Charles Dickens in Household Words

— Bleak House by Charles Dickens

— "The Butler Did It" episode of Shedunnit

— A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh

— The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh

— Death In Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham

— Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Reading through the twentieth century, one murder mystery at a time.

Find more information about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/century.

The ten books I talk about are:

— The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1905)

— Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley (1913)

— The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts (1920)

— The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers (1934)

— Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (1943)

— Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert (1952)

— From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell (1964)

— Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James (1977)

— Appleby and the Ospreys by Michael Innes (1986)

— Black and Blue by Ian Rankin (1997)

Other sources:

— The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards

— Bloody Murder: from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel by Julian Symons

There are no major spoilers in this episode, but the opening plot scenario of each book is discussed briefly. There is a major spoiler for the Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem" from 1893. 

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How do you say goodbye to a beloved detective? Agatha Christie, of course, made a mystery out of it.

Thanks to my guest, Mark Aldridge. You can find out more about his work at markaldridge.info and order a copy of his new book, Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World, from all good booksellers.

Spoiler warning: there are major spoilers for Curtain and Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie in this episode.

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There aren’t many characters who are recognisable just from a silhouette, but Hercule Poirot is one of them.

Thanks to my guest, Mark Aldridge. You can find out more about his work at markaldridge.info and order a copy of his new book, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World, from all good booksellers.

There are no major spoilers about clues or endings in this episode. However, there is some mention or discussion of the books listed below.

Sources and further information:

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux

— Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief by Maurice Leblanc

— "The Dispenser" episode of Shedunnit about Agatha Christie's wartime hospital work

— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

— Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

— Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

— Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

— Mrs McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— "The Lady Vanishes" episode of Shedunnit about Agatha Christie's 1926 "disappearance" and divorce

— The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie

— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

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If you can solve a crossword, you can solve a murder.

Thanks to my guest, Hamish Symington. You can find out more about his work at hamishsymington.com and order a custom cryptic crossword from him at customcrypticcrosswords.com.

There are no major spoilers about clues or endings in this episode. However, there is some mention or discussion of the books listed below.

Sources and further information:

— Forever England: Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars by Alison Light

— "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" by Edmund Wilson, first published in the New Yorker on 20 January 1945

— The Crossword Mysteries by Nero Blanc

— "The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will" in Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers

— Crossword Mystery by E.R. Punshon

— Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert

— "The Clue" in Two Bottles of Relish: The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany

— A Six Letter Word For Death by Patricia Moyes

— Last Puzzle and Testament by Parnell Hall

—Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures With Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them by Adrienne Raphel

—"Clues: Crosswords and Detective Stories" by John Curran in Crime and Detective Stories 79, December 2018

—Cracking Cryptic Crosswords by Colin Dexter

— Two episodes of The Allusionist podcast about crosswords: #8 Crosswords and #62: In Crypt, Decrypt

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Exploring the thriving tradition of classic Japanese whodunnits.

Thanks to my guests, On Nomoto, grandson of honkaku writer Seishi Yokomizo, and Daniel Seton, commissioning editor at Pushkin Press.

No major spoilers about clues or endings in this episode. However, there is some mention or discussion of the books listed below.

Sources and further information:

— The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro by Edogawa Rampo

— "The Spider" by Koga Saburo, translated by Ho-Ling Wong and John Pugmire

— Foreign Bodies edited by Martin Edwards

— The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

— The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo

— The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shiimada

—“A Brief Introduction To Honkaku And Shin Honkaku Mysteries” by Tara Cheesman

—“The King Of The Golden Age Crime Novel In Japan: Seishi Yokomizo” by Paul French

— Detective Fiction and the Rise of the Japanese Novel, 1880–1930 by Satoru Saito

— “Inheriting the Nation: Seishi Yokomizo’s Kindaichi Novels” by Chiho Nakagawa in Clues: A Journal of Detection, Volume 32, Number 2, Fall 2014, pp. 90–99

— Interview with translater Louise Heal Kawai on the In GAD We Trust podcast

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First aired in November 2018, this classic Shedunnit episode is all about the coded gay characters and references in books from the golden age of detective fiction like Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced and Josephine Tey’s Miss Pym Disposes. Find more information about my guests and the books mentioned at shedunnitshow.com/queerclues.

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What was the first murder mystery, really?

No major spoilers about clues or endings in this episode. However, there is some mention or discussion of the books listed below.

Sources and further information:

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Partners In Crime by Agatha Christie

— A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

— The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume

— The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

— L’Affaire Lerouge by Emile Gaboriau

— Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

— The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

— Bleak House by Charles Dickens

— "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allen Poe

— The Omnibus of Crime (1929) edited by Dorothy L. Sayers

— "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe

— "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe

— "The Imp of the Perverse" by Edgar Allen Poe

— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh

— Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu

— "A Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess" by Sheridan Le Fanu

— The Aeneid by Virgil

— Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu

— The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie

— Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

—“Who Wrote the First Whodunit?” by Steven Saylor

— “Oedipus on the Nile: translations and adaptations of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos in Egypt, 1900-1970” by Raphael Christian Cormack —“Oedipus the Detective” by Sean Fitzpatrick

— “Oedipus as Detective: Sophocles, Simenon, Robbe-Grillet” by Page Dubois in Yale French Studies, 2005

— “Oedipus versus Sherlock Holmes” by Marios Ploritis and Richard Schechner in The Tulane Drama Review, Winter 1965

—“From Sophocles to Sherlock: economics, literature and the detective story” by Frank Edmund Smith

—“Fergus Hume’s startling story” by Simon Caterson

—"‘The Most Popular Book of Modern Times’: Fergus Hume’s The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886)" by Clare Clarke in Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock

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Before there was CSI, there was Bernard Spilsbury.

No major spoilers about clues or endings in this episode. However, there is some mention or discussion of the books listed below. Please be aware there is a brief mention of suicide at the end.

Sources and further information:

— The Florence Maybrick episodes of this podcast: part one and part two

— Taylor’s Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor

— Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers

— The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley

— The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin Freeman

— The Crippen episode of this podcast

— The Father of Forensics: How Sir Bernard Spilsbury Invented Modern CSI by Colin Evans

>— “Trial Of Thomas Smethurst”, British Medical Journal, August 27, 1859

— “The Case of Thomas Smethurst, Convicted of the Crime of Murder”, The Lancet, September 1859

— The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Case of the Brides in the Bath by Jane Robbins

— The "Brides in the Bath" episode of this podcast

— Bernard Spilsbury’s index cards at the Wellcome Collection

— Some Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury and Others : Death Under The Microscope by Harold Dearden

— Bernard Spilsbury: His Life and Cases by Douglas G. Browne and E.V. Tullett

— “The rise and fall of celebrity pathology” by Ian Burney and Neil Pemberton in the British Medical Journal, December 2010

— “Bruised Witness: Bernard Spilsbury and the Performance of Early Twentieth-Century English Forensic Pathology” in Medical History, January 2011

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Nothing could bad could possibly happen here, the inhabitants of the peaceful English village say to each other. Until the first poison pen letter arrives.

No major spoilers about clues or endings in this episode. However, there is some mention or discussion of the books listed below. Also, be aware there is a very brief mention of suicide.

Books and sources:

—The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

—“The Lernean Hydra” in The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie

—Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

—Policemen in the Precinct by E.C.R. Lorac